vude
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Noun[edit]
vude (uncountable)
- (music) A musical genre emerged in Fiji in the 1980s, combining island music with disco and country elements.
- 2006 November 25, Christie Eliezer, “Islands of Sound: Foundation Plots Sea Change for Inventive Indigenous Music”, in Billboard, volume 118, number 47, page 15:
- Fiji's homespun reggae acts tour the region, while domestic audiences also devour the vude genre, which emerged in the 1980s and combines the regionally popular guitar/ukulele string-band style with disco and country elements.